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[clayts450]

I'd deffo get a crime ref number at the very least and you can decide whether to go down the insurance route later, once you've done some door knocking.

[xtriple]

Bloody hell, that's shit mate! Some utter twat knows he's done that and scarpered anyway. There is one word for people like that and it is subject to a yearly prize!

[twosmoke300]

Same sort of cunt that knocked over my 3 week old sv650 and fucked off leaving it on its side

[stuboy]

spineless arseholes drive off

[Brodders]

WHY?!

 

WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY.

 

This car has just been fucking bad luck from day one. Dented on the offside while parked, suspension knackered by a pothole & now this happens while I'm working a 16 hour day in a shithole that I hate. No note, nothing. It's opened the side of the car up like a tin can - i'm guessing a lorry.

 

This fucking stupid car owes me £3k with all the shit I've had to do to it.

 

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That is absolutely fucking awful.

 

I can't believe someone would do that much damage and just drive off without a second thought. People like that just shouldn't be allowed behind the wheel of anything motorized.

[Parky]

God I hope someone’s got CCTV I really do

[fatharris]

Liked for the lovely bit of rope you just happened to have with you.

I've seen one of these ropes stop a LOT of turning momentum dead - talking two tonnes of weight with a shit load of torque behind it, and it just shrugged it off.

 

Figured it'd make a perfect tow rope!

 

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[Angrydicky]

That looks like the back end of a wagon has caught it while turning left, are there any turnings/openings opposite they could have gone into?

[fatharris]

That Volvo is mind boggling, thought it was just a deep ripple, not a fucking hole! Not even like it's an easy to replace panel either. Hope by some stroke of luck that you find the arsehole responsible.

 

Aside from that, good morning from a hospital bed, I slept terribly and I now have the dubious honour of going first this morning for surgery. Getting my upper jaw re-positioned, which means my three month old son and I will probably end up working through soft foods together in the near future.

 

Absolutely shitting my pants, but I'm a massive Jessie with this kind of thing.

 

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[ruffgeezer]

I appear to have put on my Cavcraft hat and today gave money for this pile of shit.

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Anyone want any parts before I bridge it?

Now sold the radio and the car for a tidy profit.

[Kiltox]

Holy shit - the way that panel has opened up is mental.

 

It looks very similar to the damage my van has.

[D Spares & Tyres]

I reckon a tractor did that damage, a truck would have dented it more

[davehedgehog31]

That Volvo is mind boggling, thought it was just a deep ripple, not a fucking hole! Not even like it's an easy to replace panel either. Hope by some stroke of luck that you find the arsehole responsible.

 

Aside from that, good morning from a hospital bed, I slept terribly and I now have the dubious honour of going first this morning for surgery. Getting my upper jaw re-positioned, which means my three month old son and I will probably end up working through soft foods together in the near future.

 

Absolutely shitting my pants, but I'm a massive Jessie with this kind of thing.

 

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You'll be fine matey and feel all the better after it when that which ails ye has been put right.

 

For now, enjoy the free drugs and make sure you're plied with plenty of soup and ice cream afterwards.

[5speedracer]

Bit of angle iron hanging off a trailer/pickup?

Been caught at speed rather than pushed, lighter and fast rather than heavy and slow.

 

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[BorniteIdentity]

That looks like the back end of a wagon has caught it while turning left, are there any turnings/openings opposite they could have gone into?

 

This.

 

My colleague had her car hit a fortnight ago.  By door knocking we worked out who had a delivery in the 15 minute window where the incident could have happened, and pinpointed the delivery company and driver within a day.

 

It happens a lot on our trading estate.  Insufficient parking so people just abandon cars, we also have lorries coming morning/noon/night.  A lorry sideswiped someone the other day and didn't stop.  Although he did stop, because the car in front of him whilst he tried to leave witnessed the whole thing, and just stopped in the road - preventing the driver from leaving the scene.

[madrat]

Could it not be welded, filled and sprayed.

[cros]

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned here that the head gasket had gone on the Morris. Well it hadn't gone at all, when I pulled the head off it was still there.

If eBay writes to ask 'how do you like your head gasket?' I shall be saying 'not very fucking much'.

When I first reported the problem I said that the gasket was a copper type, but now it can be seen that I was lying. This time I really have used the copper one though.

According to various forums you should torque down the head bolts dry, one bloke saying he only goes to 40ft lbs instead of 46-50 the books say.

Maybe my crime here is that because I re-torqued the head after a short run I squashed the composite gasket too much.

With this one I will wait 500 miles before a second tightening.

 

PS, head is still nice and flat.

[chatsharris]

That Volvo is mind boggling, thought it was just a deep ripple, not a fucking hole! Not even like it's an easy to replace panel either. Hope by some stroke of luck that you find the arsehole responsible.

 

Aside from that, good morning from a hospital bed, I slept terribly and I now have the dubious honour of going first this morning for surgery. Getting my upper jaw re-positioned, which means my three month old son and I will probably end up working through soft foods together in the near future.

 

Absolutely shitting my pants, but I'm a massive Jessie with this kind of thing.

 

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I'm not able to send/receive messages from my phone, and I know you'll definitely check this before your emails; but I hope everything goes well. Send me an email when you're awake and stuff.

[Eddie Honda]

Sorry to see that mess made of the Volvo.

 

That looks like the back end of a wagon has caught it while turning left, are there any turnings/openings opposite they could have gone into?

That's what I was thinking. These Dhollandia tailifts are good for a gouge at a certain height because of tail-swing. (Other things hanging off the rear corners of HGV trailers are available)

 

 

If an artic is turning either way, the opposite rear disappears from the mirrors immediately

 

 

And if the driver just makes glancing contact, they won't feel a thing and they won't hear a thing 50ft ahead with Hard Rawk FM turned up to 11.

[oldcars]

Poor Volvo. I hope you can find out a bit more how it happened.

[xtriple]

I had a lovely black Capri 3 litre (with a 351 V8 in it    ) hit by a bin lorry while parked, it did ery similar damage but didn't actually rip the metal. Best of luck finding the bludger that did it.

 

I have been fettlin' the Vauxhall (I have always thought if you borrow something you should look after it as well, if not better, than your own) and stuck 2 litres of water in the washers, a bit of oil (half a litre?) in it and covered the back seats with multiple blankets and tucked them in well so the mutts won't damage the seat. Also polished off all the cat paw prints (cat had white paint on its paws when it decided to stroll across the front of the car!) and washed it. Looks okay... ish.

[wuvvum]

Sorry to see that mess made of the Volvo.

 

 

That's what I was thinking. These Dhollandia tailifts are good for a gouge at a certain height because of tail-swing. (Other things hanging off the rear corners of HGV trailers are available)

 

 

If an artic is turning either way, the opposite rear disappears from the mirrors immediately

 

 

And if the driver just makes glancing contact, they won't feel a thing and they won't hear a thing 50ft ahead with Hard Rawk FM turned up to 11.

That's furry muff, but surely a reasonably competent HGV driver should know how far out his rear overhang is going to swing on a tight turn, and leave an appropriate distance between his wagon and parked cars?

[Kiltox]

That's furry muff, but surely a reasonably competent HGV driver should know how far out his rear overhang is going to swing on a tight turn, and leave an appropriate distance between his wagon and parked cars?

You’d think so

 

[SiC]

You’d think so

 

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Looking at that now, I certainly agree that its entirely plausible on what has caused the damage to your van in its previous life.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

That's furry muff, but surely a reasonably competent HGV driver should know how far out his rear overhang is going to swing on a tight turn, and leave an appropriate distance between his wagon and parked cars?

I'll just highlight the bit where you said "reasonably competent"

 

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[Parky]

Don’t forget it is local Election Day! Get your “x”s in the boxes everyone...

[AlabamaShrimp]

I'm currently sat in County Hall opening the postal votes. Very slow going...

[panhard65]

Picked up a new toy this morning but have been too busy to do much to it yet.

[Kiltox]

Looking at that now, I certainly agree that its entirely plausible on what has caused the damage to your van in its previous life.

Could also have been nutter white van wanker squeezing past a truck of course

[Shep Shepherd]

The Volvo's new LED headlight bulbs arrived today:

 

 

Now, to find the time to fit them